For this recurring segment, we will be highlighting the five biggest stories on IndieDB for the prior week. Whether it's demo releases for upcoming indie games, Kickstarter campaign announcements, or important stories that affect the indie gaming as a whole, you'll find them rounded up here each week.
The Week of June 15 2018
A Child longs to soar through the sky with the grace of an eagle and the destructive power of a four foot nuke! Follow generations of “Dads” on a quest to the legendary Dad Island. As each Dad dies, its Child will grow up, obtain a Child of their own and will seek to finish what their Dad started; to complete this grand Dadventure.
The Fertile Crescent is a Real Time Strategy game set during the Bronze Age in the Ancient Near East. Core Real Time Strategy mechanics like training villagers and warriors, constructing buildings, harvesting resources, researching technologies, basic pathfinding, ranged units etc. Make sure you have enough food to sustain your population. Defeat an enemy tribe on an auto-generated map.
My Time At Portia is a simulation RPG that takes place in a post-apocalypse setting. Humans are few and relics from the past are everywhere. You're trying to start a new life in a town on the edge of civilization called Portia. You will start a workshop and build things with relics from the past, but you can also choose to fight in dungeons, get friendly with town folks, kick some trees, or just explore the surroundings.
You are a new guy in the neighborhood. Happens that you love football - and you meet people who are crazy about football too. So it starts! Assume control of one player, participate in matches, grow your footballer, meet new people, become on of the best footballers and gain a chance to play against professional football team that just happens to be in town these holidays!
The Forgotten City is a time travel murder mystery set in a mythological city. Deep underground in an ancient Roman city, twenty-six trapped explorers lay dead because one of them broke a mysterious law. Within, a portal leads back into the past, allowing you to change their fate – or witness their deaths in a time loop for eternity. Fortunately, hope remains. The Forgotten City offers incredible freedom, inviting players to manipulate the timeline, Groundhog Day-style, so events play out differently.
